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Monday 14 August 2023

Move to Former Royal High School Site Called Off

Increase costs to the project has deemed the move no longer practical. 

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Monday 14 August 2023

SQA Examination Results 2023

Another great year of SQA results.

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Wednesday 14 June 2023

Winner Announced: Directors' Recital Prize

S6 pupil India Reilly wins the coveted Directors' Recital Prize for 2023. 

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Tuesday 2 May 2023

Empowering Musicians with the St Mary’s Music School Instrument Library

The St Mary’s Music School Instrument Library, a newly established initiative, has successfully raised £20,000 through community support to kick-start its mission of providing high-quality musical instruments to young musicians. 

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Monday 19 September 2022

2021 – 2022 Examination Results

Congratulations to all our pupils on their exam results and thank you to all our pupils and teachers who have worked so hard.

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Wednesday 11 May 2022

‘Blindingly Virtuosic’ Pianist, Philip Sharp joins Keyboard Faculty

We're delighted to announce that Philip Sharp will be joining the Keyboard Faculty.

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Saturday 26 February 2022

Viktor wins federal prize in Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Komponiert

The Bundespreis is the most prestigious award for young composers in Germany and comes with a full scholarship for a week-long composition course.

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Wednesday 22 December 2021

'Imagined Conversation on Blackford Hill' online premiere

Online premiere of 'Imagined Conversation on Blackford Hill' by Tom David Wilson, today, Wednesday 22nd December at 5pm.

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Tuesday 12 October 2021

The Seven Hills Project expands across Scotland

We're delighted to be working with  Culloden Academy in Highland, Garnock Academy in North Ayrshire and Paisley Grammar School in Renfrewshire in a unique peer-to-peer, school-to-school musical project in partnership with Jay Capperauld. 

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Thursday 7 October 2021

Plans approved for move to old Royal High School

Exciting news for the school today as the City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans that will see the school move to a new purpose-built facility within the old Royal High School. This is as part of plans for a new world-class centre for music education and public performance for the benefit of Scotland. 

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Thursday 23 September 2021

Pekka Kuusisto launches Season 3 of Celebrity 6

Violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto launches season 3 of the Celebrity 6 Series, welcoming renowned musicians from around the world. 

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Wednesday 22 September 2021

Agar Trust lends support to young musicians to travel free to our Taster Day

Talented young musicians from rural Scotland are being offered grants towards travel and accommodation to attend our forthcoming Taster Day for Piano, Strings and Accordion players. 

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St Mary’s Music School is one of the nine specialist Music and Dance Schools the UK (and the only one in Scotland)  funded by the UK Government and providing the finest training in Britain. It is a co-educational, non-denominational specialist music school, offering a world class standard of music and academic education to musically gifted children aged 9-19 years. It is also the Choir School of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh. It attracts day and boarding pupils from across Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Europe and internationally. 

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